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My Grandfather was a Studebaker man. I see, a man with good taste.. I can barely remember riding with my Grandmother in her faded blue bullet nose 4 door in Deland Fla. and scaired to death of the defroster hoses hanging under the dash. I hear ya there John.. My mother and her sister later confessed painting " the Turtle" on the trunk ,because she drove so slow! That's a good one.
Then riding with Grandad to Daytona beach in his pastel yellow with green roof 55 2 door . Very Cool. Getting a little more stylish now. Yes they did. Then he got one of the new Lark 4 doors , yellow of course. Maybe that's why I liked watching Mr. Ed on TV. That could be the reason.. It would occasionally flood the carb and he would cuss at it. That's a sign of a good wrench..
In '65 he traded it in on a new Biscayne, white with a turquoise top, 6 cyl. powerglide . Sounds sweet.
Sleeper, that '33 delivery looks alot like the Dodge humpback panel. I thought the same thing.. Maybe someone copied the design...
That '35 sure is a beauty!. I would treasure that one. I would like a Lark sedan delivery, would make a cool Gasser style hot rod.. I agree, that would be a cool Gasser. ..john Only Stude I ever owned was a 1949 Pick up, which I "slightly modified"...I don't want to post any pics of it, because of the car Blue posted..
Blue- cool choice.. I'll guess, how about a 1955 Gaylord Gladiator. Never knew there were so many different versions of the 1955 Gaylord.. Wow !!
Connected front bumper L to R may be a clue..
Gaylord Car Ltd. was formed by the heirs to their father’s bobby pin fortune (seriously). James and Edward Gaylord wanted to built the ultimate personal luxury performance car, which they’d name the Gladiator. To build the first prototype, they turned to Spohn coachbuilders in Germany, but they were unhappy with their work. The next group of three cars were assigned to the Zeppelin company (yep, same one) but the brothers weren’t happy with their work either. For the first year of 1955 their goal was to produce and sell 25 Gladiators at $10,000 each ($88,500 in today’s money). Despite taking deposits from movie stars and royalty, the brother just couldn’t pull the business together and gave up the effort by 1956.
The Woodill Wildfire was an American sports car built by Dodge and Willys dealer Blanchard Robert “Woody” Woodill from 1952 to 1958 in Downey, California. The Wildfire used a Glasspar fiberglass body and a custom chassis constructed by a noted hot rod builder of the time. While intended to be a sports cars car, there was nothing sports car about it, beyond its appearance. The suspension was Willys Jeepster, with a transverse front leaf spring suspension, and a Willys solid axle in the rear. Engine was typically a Ford flathead V8. The Woodill is credited as being the first complete fiberglass car delivered with 21 factory-produced and another 285 sold as kits.
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